鯵

鯵 U+9BF5, 鯵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF5 ← 鯴 [U+9BF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯶 → [U+9BF6]

Translingual

Traditional	鰺
Shinjitai (extended)	鯵
Simplified	鲹

Han character

鯵 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈大竹 (NFIKH), composition ⿰魚参)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4699, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9BF5

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鯵
Kyūjitai	鰺

Kanji

鯵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鰺)

1. horse mackerel

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: あじ (aji, 鯵)^{←あぢ (adi, 鯵, historical)}

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• • Homophone: 味

Noun

1. Japanese horse mackerel

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アジ.

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鯵 (Pinyin shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles shen¹)

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